Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne

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• A crucial introduction to the King of Kikuyu Benga!

  17 tracks that run the gamut from vibrant dancefloor chants with high life-esque guitars, to afro funk, drum machine and keyboard driven disco grooves, and folk style laments. The music is raw, immediate, danceable, and packed full of memorable hooks. The incisive lyrics range from protest songs to relationship advice. Joseph Kamaru was an incredibly popular figure in his native Kenya, connecting with everyone from high-powered politicians to the rural and urban working class, and his music deserves a much wider international audience.

  Compiled by his grandson, the sound artist KMRU, in partnership with Disciples, the tracks have been carefully remastered from original tape transfers by Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Sleeve designed by Karolina Koodziej using original archive material from the Kamaru family vaults.

  Extensive liner notes include essays by Kenyan academic Maina wa Mtonya, music journalist Megan Iacobini de Fazio, and KMRU himself.

• Artist: Joseph Kamaru Label: Disciples Format: LP Units: 2 Country: UK Genre: Global Style: African

• A1 Kenya Krngara
  A2 Ke Wapendane
  A3 Kwandkwo Ti Gciarwo
  A4 – Gari La Trela
  A5 Wa Mwene N mwe
  B1 Njohi Ndir Mwarimu
  B2 Karolina
  B3 Ngunia Ngr
  B4 Kmr 6:38 10
  C1 khanda Mnyg 3:16 11
  C2 Chunga Rrm
  C3 Rra Mgtwenja
  C4 J.M. Kariuki
  C5 Ndar Ya Mwarimu Pt. 2
  D1 Mhiki Wa Mikosi
  D2 And A Madaraka
  D3 N Krume